Advertising device



Sept. 11, 1934. c O PARMLEY 1,972,946

ADVERTISING DEVICE Original Filed April 12, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 AW SPACE 4;:

Inventor [an] 0. Pa 7772 269,

Sept. 11, 1934.

c. o. PARMLEY ADVERTISING, DEVICE Oiiginal Filed April 12, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Attorney Patented Sept. 11, 1934 ADVERTISINKGJDEVICE Cecil o. Parmley, Bremerton, wash;

Original application Ap 665,806. Divided and her 2, 1933, Serial No.

ril 12, 1933, Serial No. this application Decem- 700,739.

3 Claims. (Cl. 40-17) This invention relates broadly to advertising devices, and has as its object the provision of means for holding and displaying in a novel ,manner advertising cards and the like.

The present invention constitutes subject matter divided out of my copending application Serial No. 665,806 for Napkin dispensing cabinet, filed April 12, 1933 and allowed under date of .August 30, 1933 and which has since issued into Letters Patent No. 1,945,911.

The present invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings where- -in:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a napkin holder having my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevational view taken substantially at right angles to Figure 1. Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view with' certain parts of the device omitted.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view -taken substantially at right angles to Figure 4 and Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view through a corner of the device.

Referring to the drawings by reference numergoals it will be seen that 10 indicates generally a napkin holder which is provided on opposite sides thereof with hingedly mounted closing plates or doors 11, 12, each of which is provided with a I substantially circular hand hole surrounded by a marginal bead 13 designed to facilitate withdrawal of the napkins one by one and to prevent injury or cutting of the patron's hand.

The door equipped walls as shown in Figure 4 are also provided to accommodate the end por- 4 tions of a suspension rod 14 with which is slidably engaged vertical followers or presser plates 15 for forcing the napkins 16 toward the doors 11 and 12 to be readily accessible through the openings provided in these doors. For normally urging the plates 15 in reverse directions and in the direction of the doors 11, 12 a suitable spring or the like is provided.

The above is a description of a napkin holder v comprising the subject matter of my hereinbefore identified allowed application.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided an advertising or display means which is specially adapted for use with a napkin holder I, of this type and other suitable receptacles. In accordance with the present invention the advertising device comprises in-bent flanges 16 overlying the four walls of the cabinet at the corners thereof and horizontal flanges 1'7 extending across each of the four walls between the lower ends of pairs of flanges 16. The flanges 16 and 17 form vertical and horizontal channels on each of the walls of the receptacle for the reception of an advertising card 18.

For holding the cards 18 in position on each of the four sides of the holder 10 there is provided a cap member 19 which comprises a flat plate like body or top that is adapted to rest on the top wall of the holder 10 and is provided at each of its edges with downturned flanges 20 adapted to extend between the opposed flanges 16 and to overlie the upper edges of the cards 18 as will be clear from a study of Figures 1, 4 and 5.

For normally retaining the cap 19 seated on the upper end of the holder 10 there is provided integral with the cap 19 a stem 23' that operates through a suitable opening in the top of the holder. Disposed about the stem 23 is a coil spring 21 the upper end of which bears against the top of the holder 10 and the lower end of which bears against a washer 22 held in position on the stem 23' through the medium of a nut 23. As will be noted in Figure 5 the aperture which accommodates the rod or stem 23' is of suiflcient diameter to permit lateral movement of the cap 19 in its raised or dotted line position shown in Figure 5 relative to the holder 10 to permit of the insertion or removal of an advertising card.

It will be apparent that the present invention provides eflicient means whereby each side of a rectangular container or the like may be utilized for advantageously displaying and holding advertising cards, menu cards and the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, and in combination, a holder having sides and longitudinal flanges on each of said sides at the corners of the holder, the flanges on each wall being bent inwardly in overlapping relation to the wall, each of said walls being also provided with a transverse flange extending between the lower ends of the longitudinal flanges, and being bent in overlapping relation to the wall for cooperation with the longitudinal flanges to receive and retain an advertising card, a cap for the holder having a centrally located pin extending through an opening in the top of the holder, spring means engaged with the pin for normally retaining the cap seated on the top of the holder, and said cap being provided on each of its side edges with a depending flange for overlapping the walls of the holder to cooperate with the aforementioned flanges to secure the cards in position on the walls of the holder.

2. A napkin holder having four walls the upper portion of at least one of whichwalls is provided with a seriesiof three cooperating channel shaped flanges for receiving and holding a card, a'spring retained cap connected with the top of the holder'- having a marginal flange cooperating with the first named flanges to aid in holding the card-in" mama v 3. A napkin holder having fourwall v V 1 p Vably retaining the cap seated upon the top of said "holder.

CECIL O. PARMLEY. 

